illegal fireworks

Unlicensed explosive celebrations

Illegal fireworks are pyrotechnic devices prohibited by law in a given jurisdiction—typically because they're more powerful, unpredictable, or dangerous than permitted consumer fireworks.

The category varies by location: what's legal in one state may be banned in another.

They confiscated a trunk full of illegal fireworks before the Fourth of July.

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